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EPISODE · Dec 23, 2025 · 32 MIN

Up+Adam's 12th Breaking & Entering Christmas is Here!

from Up + Adam with Adam Montiel · host Adam Montiel

Today’s Up+Adam is one of the most meaningful episodes we do all year.This is Breaking & Entering Christmas.Each holiday season, we quietly and anonymously select one local family who has been carrying more than their share, and we show up. Not with pity. With people. With dignity. With a community that decides to say yes.This episode centers on the family selected this year, chosen from weeks of heartfelt nominations. The letter that nominated them is shared exactly as it was written, with names changed to protect the family. Their story reflects the reality many families face quietly every day. Three generations living in low-income field-worker housing. Grandparents sleeping on the floor so the kids can have a room. A father working long shifts, even on Christmas. A grandmother recovering from breast cancer and collecting recyclables each morning to help the family get by.What happens next is the heart of this episode.More than 25 people walk through the door. Movers. Volunteers. Local businesses. Media partners. Listeners. A sleeper sofa replaces the floor. A Christmas tree arrives. Presents are stacked. A broken garbage disposal gets fixed. The house breathes again.This episode captures the sounds, moments, and emotion of a community showing up in real time. It is not about charity. It is about dignity. It is about service. It is about a Christmas this family never saw coming and the one they deserve.With Gratitude to Our Community Partners and Supporters Meathead Movers Libertine Brewing Company Sinor-LaVallee Wine North County Copy & Parcel General Store Paso Robles Mr Putters Mino Golf Author Rob Vold and his wife Jenny of Uncle Banana book series Red Oak Security Andy’s Awesome Arcade Spark’l Bands Salinas River Ranch Perfetto Cafe SLO Town Studios WiLD 106.1 FM KSBY 95.3 The Beach KPIG Radio The Grade Country Dimes Media CorporationAnd to the listeners of Up+Adam who continue to show what community really looks like.Thank you for being part of the 12th Annual Breaking & Entering Christmas.********UNCLE BANANA CHILDREN'S BOOK - CHRISTMAS LESSONS - PROCEEDS BENEFITTING BREAKING & ENTERING CHRISTMASListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

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